it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you

can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. we are here at the historic palace of fine art in the marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated on san francisco's

number waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of san francisco post most -- san francisco's most romantic spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans. a beautiful to view from many locations along the mattoon, an ideal place to -- all -- lagoon, an ideal place to walk with a loved one. reservations for weddings are available at sfrecpark.org.

discarding contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. welcome to the shakespeare garden here in the famous golden gate park. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, the garden was designed by the california spring blossom and wildfilower association. here is a truly enchanting and tranquil garden along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. stroll around and appreciate its unique setting. the gorgeous brick walkway and a brick wall, the stone benches, the rustic sundial.

chaired the part -- share the bard's word hundred famous verses from a shakespearean plays. this is a gem to share with someone special. pack a picnic, find a bench, and enjoy the sunshine, and let the whimsical words of william shakespeare and floats you and your loved one away. this is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. take a bus and have no parking worries. shakespeares' garden is ada accessible. located at the bottom of this hill, it is a secret garden with an infinite in captivating appeal. carefully tucked away, it makes the top of our list for most

intimate pyknic setting. avoid all taurus cars and hassles by taking a cable car. or the 30, 45, or 91 bus. the garden was designed by thomas church in 1957. grow old with me, the best is yet to be is inscribed on a sundial. it is anchored by twin white gazebos and flowers that bloom year-round. this is the place to tell someone special or the place to declare the commitment you two share. weddings and the event reservations are available for this adorable hidden gem. we know there are many other

romantic parks in san francisco. we hope you have enjoyed this torre of lookouts, picnics, and strolls that are available every day. until next time, do not forget to get out and play. for more information about reserving one of these romantic locations or any other location, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair buildings. or for any athletic field, call 831-5510. you can write us at -- or walk in and say hello. and of course you can find more information moresfrecpark.org.

-- >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction.

>> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of purposes. but i think it is also important to try to pull at the strings inside people. >> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level of not knowing what we are losing and we need to link species loss to habitat loss and really focuses much on the habitat. >> of course the overall mission of the academy has to do with two really fundamental and important questions. one of which is the nature of life. how did we get here? the second is the challenge of sustainability. if we are here how are we going to find a way to stay?

these questions resonated very strongly with maya. >> on average a species disappears every 20 minutes. this is the only media work that i have done. i might never do another one because i'm not a media artist per se but i have used the medium because it seemed to be the one that could allow me to convey the sounds and images here. memorials to me are different from artworks. they are artistic, but memorials have a function. >> it is a beautiful scupltural objective made with bronze and lined with red wood from water tanks in clear lake. that is the scupltural form that gives expression to maya's project.

if you think about a cone or a bull horn, they are used to get the attention of the crowd, often to communicate an important message. this project has a very important message and it is about our earth and what we are losing and what we are missing and what we don't even know is gone. >> so, what is missing is starting with an idea of loss, but in a funny way the shape of this cone is, whether you want to call it like the r.c.a. victor dog, it is listen to the earth and what if we could create a portal that could look at the past, the present and the future? >> you can change what is then missing by changing the software, by changing what is projected and missing. so, missing isn't a static installation. it is an installation that is going to grow and change over time. and she has worked to bring all of this information together from laboratory after laboratory including, fortunately, our great fwroup of researche e-- g

researchers at the california academy. >> this couldn't have been more site specific to this place and we think just visually in terms of its scupltural form it really holds its own against the architectural largest and grandeur of the building. it is an unusual compelling object. we think it will draw people out on the terrace, they will see the big cone and say what is that. then as they approach the cone tell hear these very unusual sounds that were obtained from the cornell orinthology lab. >> we have the largest recording of birds, mammals, frogs and insects and a huge library of videos. so this is an absolutely perfect opportunity for us to team up with a world renown, very creative inspirational artist and put the sounds and sights of the animals that we study into a brand-new context, a context

that really allows people to appreciate an esthetic way of the idea that we might live in the world without these sounds or sites. >> in the scientific realm it is shifting baselines. we get used to less and less, diminished expectations of what it was. >> when i came along lobsters six feet long and oysters 12 inches within they days all the oyster beds in new york, manhattan, the harbor would clean the water. so, just getting people to wake up to what was just literally there 200 years ago, 150 years ago. you see the object and say what is that. you come out and hear these intriguing sounds, sounds like i have never heard in my life. and then you step closer and you almost have a very intimate experience. >> we could link to different institutions around the globe,

maybe one per continent, maybe two or three in this country, then once they are all networked, they begin to communicate with one another and share information. in 2010 the website will launch, but it will be what you would call an informational website and then we are going to try to, by 2011, invite people to add a memory. so in a funny way the member rely grows and there is something organic about how this memorial begins to have legs so to speak. so we don't know quite where it will go but i promise to keep on it 10 years. my goal is to raise awareness and then either protect forests from being cut down or reforest in ways that promote biodiversity. >> biodiverse city often argued to be important for the world's human populations because all of the medicinal plants and uses

that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how important it is that we get to live side by side with all of these forms that have three billion years of history behind them and how tragic it would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotio l emotional, psychological, spiritual way if we watch them one by one disappear. >> this is sort of a merger between art and science and advocacy in a funny way getting people to wake unand realize what is going on -- wake up and realize what is going on. so it is a memborial trying to get us to interpret history and look to the past. they have always been about lacking at the past so we proceed forward and maybe don't

commit the same mistakes. c tran 88. we are at mount davidson and it has the highest point of elevation in san francisco hitting a whopping 928 feet. mt. davidson provides a peaceful 30-acre owe ace and great hiking trails. the spectacular views offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or suffer sun set with someone you louvre, wear sturdy shows to conquer the stone trails and denly inventory advantage gives you hikers the sensation of being in a rain forest it's quite a hike to the top here at mount davidson but the view test,

test, test, test, test, test >> call meeting to order. >> (calling roll). >> item two approval of meeting for the meeting. >> second. >> motion to approve. march 26th >> second. >> all in favor. >> i and a item 3 pledge of allegiance. >>

flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> item 4 please be advised that the ringing of cell phones and paramedics and similar devises are prohibit at this meeting. please be advised that a person maybe escorted out. and a person may commit on the report. member of the public and port staff thank you for joining us. on behalf of my commissioners we're at 5 now commissioner

murphy. and commissioner brandon is still sitting in the jury room and hoping to be realized. but it's my honor to welcome you commissioner murphy. i want to give a little bit of background on you if that's okay. and we're looking forward to having your expertise on part of our work. we've been really, really busy. our initial calculations are showing in the last 5 years the port will have invested almost $300 million as the - your timing wouldn't be better. commissioner murphy is a left hand california real estate broker and a successful real

estate developer in san francisco and in arizona. he is also the founder and director and chief exclusive office for the investments. you may know he recently served on the office and - as you'll hear was born and raised in ireland and has traveled all over the world has come to san francisco he was headhunted and sent off to europe. and he founded two very successful entrepreneurs. he's a founding member for the alienation of responsible growth

here. we look forward to working with you. if everyone will please join me in welcoming the commissioner. i guess you'd like me to say a few words >> before you say that i want to welcome you as well. i echo the comments of the director and speaking one that joined the port recently you couldn't have come at a better time. we're thrilled to have you join us >> also commissioner murphy it's a principle to have you on the commission we now have 5 i was outnumbered by the women. i think now we'll go forward and

i look forward to working with i >> thank you very much. i say thank god for the women or i wouldn't be here. i want to thank the mayor fraught u first of all, nominating me to this commission. it's a an honor for me to serve and to serve the city and a county of san francisco. i can tell you that my soul is here in san francisco. i love this city. i've just been away for a week and a half it was great getting back to san francisco. i'd like to thank monique for making this transition easy for

me and also amy who got my schedule it out to arizona for me. i've admit a lot of department heads i've enjoyed meeting them. so i'm a newcomer going i don't know very much i'm willing to be teachable and i want to do what's best for all citizens of san francisco. and again thanks a lot >> thank you commissioner and welcome i suspect you know more than enough to help us out. i think as you know commissioners the last week there was an article in the san francisco chronicle having to do

with the ports. we thought it is a very important issue for the port and we think it's important to share with you what the port is doing and why we're intent on protecting the birds >> good afternoon, commissione commissioners. as monique said there was a report in the chronicle a week ago and on channel 2 news last wednesday and there's a few things we would like to follow-up on and correct in

those reports. so it concerned offspring at pier 80. osprey a protected under the federal law called the any congratulated treaty. it's - this law is enforced by the fish and wildlife serve. it protects a lot of birds their eggs and nests as well. for the seagulls we're concerned about the western gulls. in particular regards to bird nests conversations with bird

life staff their guidance documents and also federal and state management plans consistently indicate that nests in the process have been constructed are not active nests. the n ta does not prevent - knocking down nests that are empty are not a threat. so this speaks to the heart of the pier 80 as i'll describe. if i saw the article you may recall or you may recall from

last spring as well that we celebrated having a pair of osprey show up at our according terminal and nest on top of one of the according cranes. we allowed the osprey to raise their chicks. the end of september 2012 the port removed the nests. we did after consulting with the san francisco group and also a communication with auto bond. after that there was wire placed on top of the crane to detour the birds from come back.

initially in communication with auto bond we flooded the idea of setting up a platform we suggested a park to the south of the terminal areas. ultimately that offer wasn't accepted there were concerns both by auto bond and also some folks in the port will encouraging rafters to go to a park and they might eat the other birds that are there already. so we remain hopeful that the osprey would go to the complainer cranes at 96 those have been abandon and their

equally as at all and attractive as those on pier 80. this spring our crane crew has been testing this. the port i've got to say never intended to have the cranes available in the spring. on march 26th a person noticed osprey on crane 80 and they were carrying sticks. wednesday morning the crew operated the crane and observed no nests. they did remove a few sticks on the end of the crane. there's nothing on the crane

that met or approached fish and wildlife matters. perhaps the person who reported to the fish and wildlife that the birds nests were destroyed. it was then used through the media which fufrd the false impression that the nests was destroyed. the crane was moved within 21 hours this was not nearly enough construction of a new nest. as i stated at the outset u.s.